Hooper Leads North Past South in Murray Prep Showdown
Max Hooper of Mt. Vernon Ill led the North with 13 points as they beat the South 58 49 in Murray Kentucky. Gayle Rose of Paris Ky drew the crowd with a standout performance while Togo Palazzi from Union City N J tallied for the North and six 11 plus height on the floor stood out for the North.
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Hooper
North
South
Murray, Ky
Max Hooper
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Murray
Gayle Rose
Paris
Mt. Vernon Rams
Illinois
Rich Rosenthal
St. Louis McBride High School
Chuck’’ Taylor
Max
Rose
Togo
Palazzi
Union City
N. J
New Jersey
Champaign
Bob Pettit
Baton Rouge
Tom Marshall
Mt. Juliet
Tenn
Rosenthal
Pettit
Hoover
SA FG
North Hooper
Dale Peterson
Noble Il
Dunn Sullivan
Munns
South SA FG
Bryant Rosenthal
Marshall
Powell Sageley
Sullenger
Hawken
Fulmer
Mattoon takes Mo Valley lead with double victory
Mattoon defeated Centralia 10-1 in the opener and 4-1 in the nightcap to seize first place in the Mississippi Ohio Valley league. West Frankfort won three games over the weekend, beating Vincennes 3-0 and taking two from Paris. Vincennes split with Paducah, Springfield split with Mt. Vernon, and Mt. Vernon beat Mattoon 8-3 in a Saturday game. The same teams scheduled to play Sunday doubleheaders meet again tonight.
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Mattoon
Sterlings
Indians
West Frankfort
Cardinals
Vincennes
Paris
Paducah
Springfield
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Pet GB
Zenni
Tunnison
Flynn
Michalec
Davis
Nagle
Flora
Schubert
Duke
Wilks
Mattis
Smith
Ecklund
Bekeza
Pavlocich
Langenfeld
Karg
Hawley
Silk
Patino
Schaeffler
Mameron
Ortosky
Logsdon
Chieventine
Deem
Scarpone
Slike
Wilks Springfield
Harvey
Ortoski
Randant
Milinkov
Brookman
Marcello
Roemisch
Smith Paris
Wenning
Moffatt
Beggs
Karas
Bettenhausen Wins Mays Memorial 100 at State Fair Park
Tony Bettenhausen led the Blue Delanger Special to victory in the ex Mays Memorial 100 mile dirt track championship at State Fair Park Milwaukee before 29,445 fans. He earned $5,000 with a 1 hour 10 minute 33.93 second time averaging 85.03 mph.
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Milwaukee
Tony Bettenhausen
State Fair Park
Tinney Park
Ill
Big League Leaders From The Associated Press
American League batting leader Kell Detroit .381 with Dropo Boston .379. Henrich and Dillinger top triples with six. Williams Boston leads homer chart at 18 with Rosen Cleveland 15. National League batting Musial St Louis .384 and Robinson Brooklyn .347. Musial Slaughter St Louis 5 triples. Kiner Pittsburgh 13 homers and Gordon Boston 12.
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Associated Press
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Detroit
Dropo
Boston
Henrich
New York
Dillinger
Philadelphia
Williams
Rosen
Cleveland
Musial
St. Louis
Robinson
Brooklyn
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Pittsburgh
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Final Team Events Tonight in ABC Match
The 47th American Bowling congress tournament heads into its final team events in Columbus Ohio Pepsi-Cola of Detroit leads with 2952 pins as 72 of 5109 teams bowl on the 59th day of the pin classic Tonight the tournament continues with doubles and singles leaders including Evert Levis of Aurora Illinois 757 in singles and the team of Willie Ebosh and partner in doubles.
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Detroit
ABC
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Lll
Willie Ebosh
Merchants Beat Towermen in Riverside Park Duel
Dickie Copin starred for Murphysboro with a decisive late surge, delivering a grand slam and key plays as the Murphy Trico League squad defeated Grand Tower 10 to 7 at Riverside Park in Murphysboro. Copin’s eighth inning homer and ninth inning defense sealed the win after a back and forth early game.
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Dickie Copin
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Murphy
Nelson
Grand Tower
Hines
Indians
Grammer
Loy
Copin
Raines
Cross
Hardy
Dickson
Gene Wills
Dowes
Pinckneyville
P Nelson
C Keith
Poe
Ss Dillon
P Birkner
Williams
Borgsmiller
Holt
Rf Cross
Comte
Carbondale Merchants overwhelm Pinckneyville in Trico clash
Carbondale Merchants exploded for seven runs in both the fifth and seventh innings to beat Pinckneyville 17 to 1 in a Trico Teenage league game at Carbondale. Eaton and Joseph led with key hits while Bevel contributed across the final frames as Walters exited and Campbell fanned eight.
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Carbondale
Pinckneyville
Eaton
Joseph
Merchant
Bevel
Stanton
Craig
Kellerman
K. Millikin
Merchants
Walters
Campbell
Lipe
Finney
P Morgan
Kimmel
D. Millikin
I Craig
Faust
D. Pulke
Major League Standings and Daily Results
Major League standings show St Louis, Detroit, and New York leading with records around 30 wins. Yesterday's results include St Louis 6 5 over New York and Cincinnati 4 8 over Philadelphia. Tomorrow's schedule features Cincinnati Boston Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia and Detroit matchups.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New York
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Cincinnati
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Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Wilkinson Leaves Southern For Oregon State Wrestling Post
James Wilkinson, longtime Southern Illinois university coach in wrestling tennis and gymnastics, resigns to become head wrestling coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis. He will retain teaching duties and receive a salary increase, with lighter coaching load at OSU.
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Wilkinson
Oregon State Post
James Wilkinson
Southern Ilinois University
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon State
Oregon
Southern
Hogan Wins Open After Dramatic Playoff Return
Ben Hogan, after a dramatic comeback from a near fatal bus crash, won the 50th National Open in a playoff that included Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio. Hogan shot a one under par 69 to claim the title at Merion East, remarking his legs are fine and that he won with his head and a trusty putter.
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Ardmore
Ben Hogan
Merion
East
Lloyd Mangrum
Mangrum
George Fazio
Hogan
Niles
Fazio
Washington, D. C
van Horn
Texas
Wrestler achieves 11 straight wins before illness ends bid
The wrestler won 11 straight duals at 165 pounds in the Big Ten and aimed for the conference title before pneumonia sidelined him. Wilkinson will remain at Southern through the summer term to teach, with wife and year-old daughter likely moving to a new assignment in August.
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Wilkinson
Southern
Open Forum Highlights Murray Prep Stars in North South Show
The Murray Kentucky event showcases senior prep cage stars including Max Hooper and Stan Chang non. Northern coaches John Ravenscroft and Charles O'Brien boast strong records as Shaefer and Buck also claim multiple state titles. Hooper's college destination appears likely Illinois. his mother notes ongoing uncertainty amid calls.
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Chamber of Commerce
Murray College
Harlan Hodges
West Frankfort
John Ravenscroft
Newton
Kans
Charles O’brien
Philadelphia
LaSalle High
Vince Shaefer
Miami
Fla
Selby Buck
Macon
Hooper
Gayle Rose
Rose
Paris
Max
Illinois
Red Sox Lose To Lefty In Fenway Debacle
Hal Newhouser defeated the Red Sox for the first time in two seasons at Fenway Park with a complete game. The lefty last did so for Gene Bearden of Cleveland in the 1948 pennant playoff.
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Hal Newhouser
Red Sox
Boston
Fenway Park
Gene Bearden
Indians
Buddy Davis
West Frankfort
West Frankfort Cardinals
Sportsman’s Park
Dodger
Paul Jones
Illinois Central
Carbondale
Egypt
Redbird
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North 16Th Street
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Illinois Avenue
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